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that includes the most sacred ground in america. and therein lies a tale told by michelle miller. >> reporter: morrill worcester has been running this wreath- making business in columbia falls, maine, for 42 years. back in 1992, worcester had a surplus of wreaths and a great idea about what to do with them. >> as a boy, i won a trip to washington. and one of the things that i saw was arlington national cemetery, and i just never forgot that. then when they had that wreaths left over, i said it would be nice if i could maybe place them on the graves of the veterans. >> reporter: so worcester headed to arlington national cemetery to lay 5,000 wreaths. >> the first 14 years, nobody really knew about it. and it was a family gift to the military that, you know, i said, we'll always do that, and we always have. >> reporter: in 2006 a pentagon photographer published a photo. donations poured in and the nonprofit, wreaths across america, was born. karen worcester is morrill's wife. >> it's not unusual to have the phone ring; and he would pi
that includes the most sacred ground in america. and therein lies a tale told by michelle miller. >> reporter: morrill worcester has been running this wreath- making business in columbia falls, maine, for 42 years. back in 1992, worcester had a surplus of wreaths and a great idea about what to do with them. >> as a boy, i won a trip to washington. and one of the things that i saw was arlington national cemetery, and i just never forgot that. then when they had that wreaths left...
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it's >>> this saturday is reach across america day. it's a day when wreath laying ceremonies will be held at arlington's national cemetery and semtrary all across the 50 states. it started two decades ago with a company in main. >> he's been running this wreath-making business in maine for 42 years. back in 1992 worcester had a surplus of wreaths and great idea about what to do. >> as a boy i won a trip to washington, and one of the things i saw was our arlington national cemetery and i just never forgot that. and then when i had the wreaths left over, i said, gees, it would be nice if i could place them on the graves of the veterans. >> reporter: so worcester headed to arlington national cemetery to lay 5,000 wreaths. >> the first 14 years, nobody really knew about it. it was a family gift to the military. i said, you know, we'll always do that. and we always have. >> reporter: in 2006 a pentagon photographer published a photo. donations poured in. and the nonprofits reach aid cross america was born. karen worcester is his wife. >> it
it's >>> this saturday is reach across america day. it's a day when wreath laying ceremonies will be held at arlington's national cemetery and semtrary all across the 50 states. it started two decades ago with a company in main. >> he's been running this wreath-making business in maine for 42 years. back in 1992 worcester had a surplus of wreaths and great idea about what to do. >> as a boy i won a trip to washington, and one of the things i saw was our arlington national...
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they are coming from south america. there's two varieties coming in, the hayden and the [ non- english language ] the color is beautiful also known as the tropical peach. in the summertime they are coming out of mexico but these aren't bad for had time of the year. let's talk about selection and storage. this time of the year, buy them, make sure beautiful color all the way around the orange, reds, a little bit of green is okay but not too much. the skin nice and shiny, free from in shriveling in shriveling and heavy for their size. put them on the counter. in the refrigerator you lose nutritional value flavor and color. they turn a lousy color in the refrigerator. they are great in salsa and so many different recipes and they are loaded with nutritional value, tropical peach. i'm tony tantillo, your fresh grocer. and always remember to eat fresh and stay healthy. >> i love mangos. >> i know. they are good, aren't they? >>> well, we are working hard to make sure everyone has a meal this holiday season. coming up another
they are coming from south america. there's two varieties coming in, the hayden and the [ non- english language ] the color is beautiful also known as the tropical peach. in the summertime they are coming out of mexico but these aren't bad for had time of the year. let's talk about selection and storage. this time of the year, buy them, make sure beautiful color all the way around the orange, reds, a little bit of green is okay but not too much. the skin nice and shiny, free from in shriveling...
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we developed a treatment for their cancer that's helping kids like them across america. you know what i wish for? what's that honey? my hair back. and no more cancer. well, girls, st. jude is working on that. go to st. jude dot org or shop where ever you see the st. jude logo. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ strangers. >>> little kids got just what they wanted for christmas thanks to a couple of very generous strangers. >> the secret santas who went on a shopping spree. >> reporter: megan and her little sister maddie were christmas shopping when maddie spotted a toy sewing machine. >> they got it for me and she had the bag in her hand. >> reporter: the girls parents were randomly handed a bag by a man and woman and inside. >> we both
we developed a treatment for their cancer that's helping kids like them across america. you know what i wish for? what's that honey? my hair back. and no more cancer. well, girls, st. jude is working on that. go to st. jude dot org or shop where ever you see the st. jude logo. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we...
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bank of america's rating is also down to a ten-year low. >>> facebook is number one on a new list of the best places to work in the united states. the survey from glass door also says facebook is tied with southwest airlines as the most improved companies. other bay area companies on the list including riverbed technology, google, chevron, and linkedin. >>> crab fishermen are sailing out of port this morning. crabbers will head out of san francisco, half moon bay and bodega bay. they went on strike after wholesalers tried to pay them less than $3 a pound. strike meant there was little fresh dungeness crab left in stores and restaurants. >>> prices lower a little bit, get a lot of fresh dungeness crab. hopefully more people can come into the restaurant and come down and enjoy the crab in the holiday season. >> dungeness should be back in stores and on menus tomorrow or friday at the very latest. some other bay area headlines on this wednesday, some brazen burglars in walnut creek helping themselves to the contents of this macy's jewelry counter. they smashed their way into the store o
bank of america's rating is also down to a ten-year low. >>> facebook is number one on a new list of the best places to work in the united states. the survey from glass door also says facebook is tied with southwest airlines as the most improved companies. other bay area companies on the list including riverbed technology, google, chevron, and linkedin. >>> crab fishermen are sailing out of port this morning. crabbers will head out of san francisco, half moon bay and bodega...
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the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. i would definitely say this is a fruitful business. coach the spartans in the ft bowl >>> time for a little sports now. former san jose state head football coach that's mike macintyre has decided not to coach the spartans in their upcoming bowl game in their first since 2006. >> macintyre will leave san jose state after being named the head coach of the university of colorado. ken bear will be the interim head coach for the spartans in the military bowl on the 27th. >>> college hoops to the south bay santa clara san jose state. james kenny let the spartans with a game-high 19 points nice jumper there. but the broncos were up by 19 at the half. junior guard left santa clara with 16. including three of those. three triples. the broncos cruised past the spartans 75-54. santa clara improving 7-2. san jose state 5-4. >>> play of the day, we' sticking with co
the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. i would definitely say this is a fruitful business. coach the spartans in the ft bowl >>> time for a little sports now. former san jose state head football coach that's mike macintyre has decided not to coach the spartans in their upcoming bowl game in their first since 2006. >>...